World Athletics has approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female. The global body’s president, Sebastian Coe, said the decision taken by the World Athletics council was further evidence his organisation would “doggedly” protect the female category. No timeline for the introduction of pre-clearance testing has been officially set … Read more
Richard Wigglesworth is set to be a surprise inclusion on Andy Farrell’s coaching staff for the British & Irish Lions tour of Australia, benefiting from England’s strong finish to the Six Nations, the Guardian understands. On Wednesday Farrell will unveil his coaching ticket for the tour this summer and, while he is expected to lean … Read more
Once upon a time coaching sport was deceptively simple. Many years of experience could be distilled into a gut instinct of how best to respond in certain situations. Selection was more of an art and less of a science and you didn’t have smarty-pants analysts telling you stuff that – damn it! – you could … Read more
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Watching him score dazzling free kicks, pull off handsprings and other acrobatics in his goal celebrations, and lift the trophy for best player in the Concacaf Nations League Finals, it is easy to forget Raúl Jiménez ever suffered a serious injury of any type. Or that less than five years ago, there were questions about … Read more
The former Fifa President Sepp Blatter and the France legend Michel Platini were both cleared of corruption charges by a Swiss court on Tuesday, two and a half years after they were first acquitted of the offences. The pair, once among the most powerful figures in global football, were cleared of fraud mismanagement at the … Read more
Astronaut Sunita Williams uses the treadmill onboard the ISS in 2012. The harness is visible reaching from the treadmill’s base to a ring on her hip. | Photo Credit: NASA Are you trying to lose weight? Because in space you are already weightless. However, it is interesting to think about how astronauts can exercise in … Read more
A cow remains in a corral before being exported to the U.S. through the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa border crossing, as the U.S. allowed Mexican cattle imports to resume after lifting a temporary suspension due to the detection of the New World screwworm, at the Chihuahua Regional Livestock Union facility, outside Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, February 10, 2025. … Read more
It felt like the end, again. The Golden State Warriors missed the playoffs in 2020 and 2021, but they stormed back from the abyss in 2022 to beat the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals. Steph Curry was 33 for most of that season. Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were 31. The Warriors’ return to … Read more
German anaesthesiologist Joachim Boldt has an unfortunate claim to fame. According to Retraction Watch, a public database of research retractions, he is the most retracted scientist of all time. To date, 220 of his roughly 400 published research papers have been retracted by academic journals. Boldt may be a world leader, but he has plenty of … Read more